Framing Black women: The utility of knowledge

BC Slatton - Sociology Compass, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sociology Compass, 2018Wiley Online Library
This article reviews the literature on the socially constructed knowledge or myths about
Black women by placing it within a cultural context. I identify three domains of research
within this field. The first is the cultural production of socially constructed mythologies of
Black women throughout various historical epochs, which includes an analysis of books,
journals, scientific/medical documents, images, and other cultural products. I focus on two
primary categories of stereotypes found in the literature: 1.) the myth of pathology and …
Abstract
This article reviews the literature on the socially constructed knowledge or myths about Black women by placing it within a cultural context. I identify three domains of research within this field. The first is the cultural production of socially constructed mythologies of Black women throughout various historical epochs, which includes an analysis of books, journals, scientific/medical documents, images, and other cultural products. I focus on two primary categories of stereotypes found in the literature: 1.) the myth of pathology and primitiveness and 2.) the myth of antithetical womanhood. The second is the utility of cultural knowledge—which is to control and regulate culture and to justify and establish particular types of norms, preferences, laws, policies, and practices within society. Lastly, I will discuss the resistance culture of Black women, which developed in response to stereotypical perceptions created about them.
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